| R.E.M. – These Days Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Great work! I'd like to add some of my interpretations to yours, if you don't mind... the reference to scales in the beginning to me are the "scales of justice" - that is what he wants to rearrange. What the listener thinks is fair, which goes nicely with the Reagan era shift from a "we" to "me" society...and "eat each one of you" and "scattered bones" are definite anger that the listener isn't moving to end this, or has been blinded by it. I believe the "happy throngs" are those that wake up and rush to aid him in lifting society out of the mess...the ones that "fly together each to carry his burden". the throngs are the "utopian ideal" of unity expressed throughout the song. |
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